College and Career Week

Career Week 2026 Homeroom Activities 

Monday:

Students,

Get ready - Career Week is here! 🎉

During Homeroom this week, you’ll dive into career exploration by taking a Career Interest Survey and then hopping aboard the HMS Career Bus 🚌 for virtual field trips using your chromebooks to check out a variety of careers. Thanks to our amazing PTA, you will be given earbuds to use on your virtual trips so make sure to bring them along with your chromebooks to class every day this week! Your Homeroom teacher will pass them out today.

ASB has also planned some fun dress-up days - check them out below and join the fun! 🎉👕🎶

On Friday, which is a minimum day, we won’t need to hit the road as Career Day speakers 🎤will be coming to you! They’ll visit your classrooms to share information about their careers and the paths they took to get there. Be ready to meet some interesting speakers and don’t be shy - ask questions!

Let’s hit the road and explore your future! 🚀

After you get your new earbuds, Watch this 3-minute video

Our Career Week Spirit Dress-Up Days are as follows: 

SCHOOL DRESS CODE STILL APPLIES

• Monday: “Learning is Chill” - Beanie Day 
• Tuesday: “College Pride” - College Sweatshirt Day! 
• Wednesday: “Your Future Is Up To You”  -  Wear Blue 
• Thursday: “Your future is Bright” Dress for Success 
• Friday: “Show School Spirit”  Wear your HMS gear or Red

Tuesday:

 

The Holland Career Interest Personality Inventory

Watch Video - Click Here

 

When you're done, attend the Career Party below to see what your unique Career Interest Code is by writing your answers on a separate piece of paper. Have fun learning about yourself at the party!

 

WEDNESDAY:

                   Career Tour Stops

• Veterinarian
• Toy Designer
• Voiceover Artist - Acting
• Owning a Retail Business
• Video Editor
• Coding Engineer
• Aerospace Engineer
• Environmental Engineer

THURSDAY:

                   Career Tour Stops

• Doctor
• Registered Nurse
• Occupational Therapist
• Radiologist
• Dental Assistant
• Art Director
• Entrepreneur
• Commercial Interior Designer
• Civil Engineer
• Food Scientist
• Archaeologist
• IT & Computer Science
• Landscape Architect
• Architect
• Commercial Pilot
• Mental Health Counselor

 

FRIDAY:

It’s Career Day! 

Today, guest speakers will be visiting your classrooms to talk about their careers and how they got started. This is a great chance to ask questions, learn about different paths, and get inspired - so don’t forget to say thank you to our volunteer speakers!

 

Click here for a video introduction to this fun day 

If you would like to go on additional HMS Virtual Career Tours, click below.

Career Week 2024

 

• Careers in Pharmacy

Visit and tour an Amazon Fulfillment Center looking at careers in pharmacy including research, engineering, coding, and robotics.

 

• Careers Behind the Music Beats 

Take a tour inside Amazon Music and explore all the careers in the music industry from production to marketing, computer science, music law and project management.

 

• Careers in Robotics & Engineering  

Take a tour in an Amazon Fulfillment Center to explore all the careers in engineering, design, robotics, coding and distribution.

 

• Careers in Space Engineering

We will take a tour to explore the wonderful careers in the deep space industry

 

CATCH THE HMS CAREER WEEK WAVE

Click Here To View Career Week - 2023

Thank you to our diverse career featured speakers:

• Sri Abboy, MD, Physician
• Mike Alves, Wealth Manager
• Suzanne Badawi, JD, Attorney
• Jennifer Bartlett, JD, Attorney
• Shawn Batten, JD, Attorney
• Elizabeth Chen, MD, Physician
• Connie Cheng Pham, DO, Pediatrician
• Lesley Cheung, DDS, MS, Orthodontist
• Grace Chung Huang, MD, Interventional Cardiologist
• Vivian Dalton, MPT, CLT, Physical Therapist\
• Jill Gold Wright, PhD, College Professor of English & Rabbi in-training
• Christopher Gorham, Actor & Director
• Jocelyn Go Young, Assistant VP, IT Manager
• Julia Greer, PhD, CalTech Professor of Materials Science, Mechanics & Medical Engineering
• Frank Greer, PhD, Engineering Manager and Group Supervisor
• Grant Hollis, Senior Art Director
• Emiko Isa, Senior Project Manager & Land Use Consultant
• Jennifer Kang, Corporate Relations Director, American Heart Association
• Salman Khan, MD, Physician
• Derrick Lew, PhD, Detective/SWAT
• Danielle Martin Spicer, Architect
• Grace Mellis, Managing Director of Investment Fund, Journalist, Children's Book Publisher
• Issa Nesnas, Robotics Engineer
• Alon Philosof, PhD, Caltech Engineering Dept
• Lou Rabon, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) & CEO
• Brian Raleigh, Senior VP, Netflix Feature Animation, Post Production
• Erin Sato, Supervisory Special Agent, US Secret Service
• Nona Sargsyan, Pianist
• Mark Schmidt, Investor & Portfolio Manager
• Anny Surmenian, MPA, MBA, Director of Ethics
• Annie Tang, Director of Production (TV) & Emmy winner
• Vijay Vishwanath, MD, Pediatric Neurologist
• Patrick Wright, Aeronautical Engineer
• Rick Yeganeh, MBA, Banker
• Kenneth Yoon, JD, Attorney 

Hospitality Volunteers:

• Fion Chan
• Stefanie Killackey
• Stephanie Raleigh
• Weni Wilson
• Amy Yee
• Soyoung Yoon

Tech Support: Ashlin Anand HMS Media Specialist & the IT Team

PTA President: Jennifer Yuan-Kang

Career Day Chairs: Cindy Yung and Ruby Khalili

Career Day Coordinator: June Gonzalez, School Counselor

 

Click Here To View Career Week - 2022

 College Week - Virtual Road Trip

(Get Ready to SEE YOUR FUTURE in VR)

Monday

Welcome back from Winter Break. Today in Homeroom you will complete a Career Clusters Interest Survey designed to help you explore possible careers based on your results. Keep these results in mind over the course of the week as you explore colleges that might meet your career cluster interests. 

 

* You will access the remainder of this week’s Homeroom activities with Chromebooks by visiting the www.hehms.us website and click on College & Career Week posted under News & Announcements.

 

 

Tuesday

Today you will go on a college road trip without having to leave the classroom. You will explore colleges from around the nation through a virtual 360°experience on your chrome books. Please use your classroom headsets for this audio-guided tour. You can change the language spoken to either Spanish or Chinese by clicking on the English icon as seen below and then select your preferred language.

   Now let's hit the road! Click on "Education" for your college tour!

 

  Click on the following link: http://www.youvisit.com/virtual-reality-360-experience

Wednesday

Wear your favorite College T-shirt or college colors tomorrow. A Special Treat will be delivered in Homeroom today!

Today you will continue your college road trip without having to leave the classroom. You will explore colleges from around the nation through a virtual 360°experience on your chromebooks. Please use your classroom headsets for this audio-guided tour. You can change the language spoken to either Spanish or Chinese by clicking on the English icon as seen above and then select your preferred language.

Remember to choose the 360°Experience icon as seen above for virtual viewing. Now let's hit the road!
Click on the following link: http://www.youvisit.com/virtual-reality-360-experience

Thursday - Wear your favorite College T-shirt or college colors

Today you will continue on your college road trip. Explore colleges from around the nation through a virtual 360° experience on your chromebooks. Please use your classroom headsets for this audio-guided tour. You can change the language spoken to either Spanish or Chinese by clicking on the English icon as seen above and then select your preferred language.

Remember to choose the 360° Experience icon as seen above for virtual viewing. Now let's hit the road!
Click on the following link: http://www.youvisit.com/virtual-reality-360-experience

Friday - Minimum Day

Today is an exciting day! We have over 35 speakers on campus today to share their careers with you as well as college representatives to discuss their school and programs they offer. Spend Homeroom today thinking of questions to ask our guests. Remember to be polite and thank them for taking time out their busy day to share their experiences with you.